Now on August recess,
members of Congress returning to their districts may receive a skeptical
reception from constituents, as 14% of U.S. adults approve of the job
Congress is doing, down slightly from 17% in July.

Rasmussen, the poll of choice for Republicans, agrees, though it puts congressional approval even lower, at just 13 percent as of July 9.

It needs to be pointed out that Congress began to year
in January with a 16 percent approval rating. You would have thought
there was no place to go but up, when you’re just north of public
approval of the Bubonic Plague, but no…

Gallup points out that even though,

Congressional leaders
can point to a slightly more productive session than was true for the
previous two Congresses, such as passing “fast-track authority” — which
grants the president enhanced authority to negotiate free-trade
agreements — as well as the USA Freedom Act, which significantly revised
some provisions of the Patriot Act…Congress hasn’t gained in popularity
among Americans.

Imagine that. Not a job created, 50+ attempts to
repeal Obamacare, endless Benghazi hearings and fast-track authority and
the USA Freedom Act weren’t enough to make Congress popular. Can you
imagine that? And all Boehner is focused on now is his anti-Clinton
witch hunt, insisting in a press release,

It’s about time.
Secretary Clinton’s previous statements that she possessed no classified
information were patently untrue. Her mishandling of classified
information must be fully investigated.

You have to wonder at what point Congress will
decide Bernie Sanders is the real threat, and begin investigating him.
These men and women are supposed to be governing. The public, as their
approval ratings demonstrate, isn’t being fooled. Yet all Boehner and
McConnell can do is fiddle while Rome burns around them.

And, why just the other day, Boehner had photos from his Golf Channel interview put online at Speaker.gov! That’s what this country needs. B-but wait…Isn’t it supposed to be – according to that idiot Cruz – the president who can’t be pulled away from his golf game to run the country?

“Moreover,” as Gallup says ominously, “the leaders
of the two Republican-misled chambers, Boehner
and McConnell, are suffering a similar
public image problem…Boehner and
McConnell — are not only unpopular figures with the public at large,
they are also not particularly well-received even among Republicans.”

And they have graphs to prove it:

By contrast, President Obama, the guy they say is
destroying the country – the guy who has been creating jobs for five
straight years – held a 46.1 percent approval rating in July – over three times their own approval rating. According to a CNN/ORC poll in April, Obama’s approval was even higher, at 48 percent, and the Gallup Daily Tracking Poll had him at 49 percent when Netanyahu visited.

It isn’t the executive branch of our government that
is a worldwide joke. It is the legislative branch. It is difficult to
escape the conclusion that, scientifically speaking, Congress sucks.

And who controls Congress? The Republicans.
Obviously, Republicans and Democrats have differing reasons as to why
Congress sucks. Republicans are convinced, paradoxically, that their
representatives have sold out to the very corporations for which the
Republican cabal works(!) while Democrats realize that, factually
speaking, the Republican-misled Congress just isn’t interested in
accomplishing anything, that their sole purpose is to prevent President
Obama from doing anything.

The only thing we agree on, apparently, is, as
Rasmussen puts it, “Voters think most members of Congress do a lousy job
and probably have sold their vote for cash or to a contributor.” Since
most members of Congress are Republicans, this has the virtue of
actually being true.

Surprise, surprise, Republicans. Ya’ll jumped for
joy at Citizens United. What did you think the result would be? Your
legislators laughing at corporations handing them fistfuls of cash?
Those who haven’t reaped the financial benefits never will, but you’ve
let yourself be convinced that making the rich richer and the poor
poorer is a good economic plan. You’ll never figure out why it’s not,
and the only surprise now is that you’re surprised at all, and can’t put
2 and 2 together.

But that’s okay. Your voucher programs will make
sure your kids can’t either, and that’s just the way all those rich
folks passing cash around want it.

Enjoy that Red State gulag – er, I mean paradise. You did build that. Apologies to President Obama, but that’s absolutely one thing you did on your own.

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